Talk:Don Rees
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"was"?
[edit]This article begins thus:
- Dr. Donald "Don" Rees (B.Sc. Ph.D. D.I.C. A.R.C.S.) was
Yet he is reported, not very conspicuously, to be a living person. The article should begin like this:
- Dr. Donald "Don" Rees (B.Sc. Ph.D. D.I.C. A.R.C.S.) is
Next issue: I just did some edits on the article titled Rees factor semigroup. That article begins with this:
- In mathematics, in semigroup theory, a Rees factor semigroup (also called Rees quotient semigroup or just Rees factor) is a certain semigroup constructed using a semigroup and an ideal of the semigroup.
Obviously it should say:
- In mathematics, in semigroup theory, a Rees factor semigroup (also called Rees quotient semigroup or just Rees factor), named after ?????? Rees, is a certain semigroup constructed using a semigroup and an ideal of the semigroup.
So here's the question: is this the right article to link to? Michael Hardy (talk) 01:55, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
yep, "was"!
[edit]In response to your first issue: he is no longer Warden of Hugh Stewart Hall, as he retired in 2004. It would hardly be accurate to say that he still is. Perhaps it would be better phrased "is a former warden of Hugh Stewart Hall", but I don't think it reads as well.
In response to your second issue: I doubt it - in 2004 when he retired, he was presumably 65 (there had been plans to retire in 1999, at 60, I believe) which would suggest he was born around 1939. The article on Rees factor semigroups state that they were introduced by D. Rees in 1940, so unless he was a very talented baby, I suspect it was someone else. 128.243.21.224 (talk) 11:12, 18 August 2010 (UTC)